Austria R. Strauss, Arabella: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Vienna State Opera, 11.9.2012 (JMI)
Opera & Ballet
Collected opera and ballet reviews
Einstein on the Beach: Fresh and Clean After 20 Years
United States Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, New York (19.9.2012) with additional performances (20-23.9.2012) (SSM)
A Mixed-Bag Massenet Werther from Oviedo
Spain J. Massenet: Werther, Principado de Asturias Orchestra, Yves Abel (conductor), Oviedo’s Teatro Campoamor, 17.9.2012 (JMI)
Vienna’s Musical Vespri Siciliani Spoiled by an Old Production
Austria G. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Wiener Staatsoper orchestra and chorus, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.9.2012 (JMI)
Claus Guth’s Fast Moving Ulysses in Vienna
Austria Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria: Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor), Theater an der Wien, 9.9.2012 (JMI)
A Fine Moses und Aron Concert Performance in Madrid
Spain Arnold Schönberg: Moses und Aron: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden-Freiburg, EuropaChor Akademie, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real. 7.9.2012 (JMI)
Moments of Delight in Martinů’s Julietta
United Kingdom Martinů, Julietta: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Edward Gardner (conductor), London Coliseum, 17.9.2012 (CC)
Bayreuth Festival @ the Liceu: Tristan und Isolde
Spain R. Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Peter Schneider (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 6.9.2012 (JMI)